A Special AFHK Parent Support Meeting: Education and its Joys and Challenges for Children of Adoption

AFHK will host a special, evening Parent Support Meeting during the month of September where Janette Pepall will discuss the joys and challenges our children may face in school and other educational environments.

Please join us for this stimulating and relevant talk! Advance registration is recommended. Save HK$100 by registering during the Early Bird period, through 6th September.

Janette Pepall is a social worker, educator and consultant in local and international adoptions, foster care, counseling and child protection. She and her husband have 6 adult children - one birth son and five adoptees from Australia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong. Her family also fostered two children with disabilities. Ms. Pepall lived in Hong Kong in the early 1990's and worked for Mother's Choice where she pioneered the adoption of children with disabilities to the US and local foster care. Since returning to Australia she has established a not-for-profit training organization. She is passionate about providing practical knowledge, encouragement and support to foster, adoptive and birth parents, as well as professionals and child caregivers. For more information about Ms. Pepall, please see her website at: www.janettepepall.com